Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-12-03

INrYR>lTIoSAL LESSON FOR
18th.

GRACIOUS answer IN I naII XII. -, ~ lfiffIlt-
iInteIv aft~r this He left the house and went
forth 10 the sea SIDE. followed by great multi
tn lc- from nil the country round. He leaves
"a" hou~. and seeks the larger area OF Nhe
81 eId~ IN order that HIS words might
reach the great"r mass of His hearers,
Y = Tins y the first # IN" wondro'Is par
nil.s u which .le~usb rought the truths OF the
kingdom of ncayen into the arena Of human
Thought Never tefore had langu1gn served
such glorious end. Never hrfo. @ had Z been
made the embodiment Of stIc1 heavenly
truths For N the~. parallels II" utters
things which have been kept secret from the
beglnnInr # the world. Y. -. For II was
ueyrr known iefor" that material things
'ouii thu represent unseen aud spiritual
r|alfic. The area Of human thought, there
fore. was overwhelmingly EXTENDED.
They teach great spiritual truths.
TAry tact them under material form.
Thy ar. Zach one, capable Of Ii.nltl"Ss IN
fodlng
Ihr Iarable before Il, is that # The %o"'r:
l.hGId a sowcr wcnt forth u sow, or as
thr Revised Nor,ton La, II, Behold The
~ow"r went forth. etc. For primarily Jesus
e. til" Snw-r All the truth about trpl j. from
ifuu Hers III Himself not only " the way,
hW II" Truth. n, well as Tn" LIfr ANA
~ arI winch Ne sons * III" Word OF
GnJ. uf III. Tf!tL If God about J",tI. And
thu. G.!- sol Tor three reason.
~, aus. the seed has lie.
1crnu-" IT'S life may be dormant OF unie-
v"ip| ed for II season, and
!ecIu. 4lie vii come forth-or the seed
~ lIrw when is conditions are satisfied.
GI}r the hcaithfuf seed hight and heat and
moisture. and II Will grow. Its hlid"n life
~Iicuur forth and manifest lt-",i.
'. 1 What vas trae about sowing III
FnIcs,mr in our Lori Is time Is Ju-t a.
,-ue to day. Eow, as then, narrow
leat4D PATHS lei through the corn fields;
md uow. ~ then. seeds from th' hand
~ the sp"er are picked zip ty the
blrds or trodden down under tn" hoofs
nf tie here or mule. SEE Stanley Sinai
AMI Palestine, Thom,un's LAID aud the Book,
ri nk. Now. all these thing, represent cor
resp udIug states Of experience III reference
10 tn" ee,ei II the Word. AS the 500 falls
from tGr hanl of tie sower on paths har-
denrI 10y TIA" constant pressure Of the tray
"irT'e f.. I. o the seed OF the Word fulls on
hcnrt~ hardDue"i 10y the passing To and fro Of
tttuughts about ether things It gaIns no
'ntianr", It makes no Judgment there. 1t
he, Who'll "n tie outside. As the birds fo'-
loss ng n the path II the sover speedily pick
u ny ami thus make a los, to the hNr} All
man. 20 the evil one by eountles, instruments
'~t"t,y away the Word There Is no fruit
frpn th" " ay SID Hcarer.
v. -, i 1heae stony places were not
tho d" which had stones mingled with the
,aGth For then the seed might hay" taken
deep root and borne a gnad crop They we're
thu,. III which II thin surface soil overrpread
n~uIAtrntum Of rock. 1he9" conditions tul
I'll all the statements Of the parable. These
ufe.
The speedy growth.
" The hlidcl. Obstruction; and
3, The rapid decay from a cause essential
t"riponinS the gram.
As to ~ the stcl. fell into a thin bed of
"lrth. This would beslsedily warmed by the
SIN, and termination would rapidly take
pace. There Is 81 much That Is lovely in the
topei~l-so much IF exquisite beauty N the
character of Jesus. 50 much that Is winning